The FleetGuv Blog
Straight answers on keeping a small fleet legal, on the road and on budget.
DVSA MOT History Checker: How to Use It for Fleet Vehicles
The free DVSA MOT history checker is one of the best things the government has ever put online, and most small fleets use about a tenth of it. Type in a reg, glance at a date, close the tab. Job done.
Fleet Maintenance Checklist: What to Log and How Often
Ask ten small fleet owners what's on their maintenance checklist and you'll get ten different answers — usually somewhere between "nothing written down, it's in my head" and a 40-page document copied from somewhere else
How to Build a Vehicle Service History Your Accountant Will Thank You For
Nobody gets excited about service records. But I'd put good ones near the top of the list of boring things that quietly save a small business money, and the person who benefits most is usually your accountant.
How to Track Vehicle Tax Renewal Dates for Multiple Vans
Vehicle tax gets less attention than MOT in most fleet conversations, and I think that's a mistake. It's arguably easier to let slip, because there's no test to book, no garage visit to plan around — it just quietly expi
How to Never Miss an MOT Date Again (Free Tools Inside)
I'll say this straight: if you run more than one vehicle, you will miss an MOT date eventually. Not because you're careless. Because it's not a discipline problem — it's a maths problem. One van, one date, you remember i
MOT Reminder Apps Compared: What Small Fleets Actually Need
I get asked this a lot: "what's the best MOT reminder app?" And my honest answer is always the same — it depends how many vehicles you're responsible for, because the right answer for one van is genuinely the wrong answe
Preventative vs Reactive Maintenance: Which Saves Small Fleets More?
I'll give you my opinion up front rather than making you read six paragraphs to find it: preventative maintenance wins, and it's not close. I know plenty of small fleet owners run reactively because it feels cheaper in t
The True Cost of a Missed MOT for a UK Business Fleet
I've already written about the legal penalties for driving without a valid MOT(/blog/never-miss-an-mot-date-again) — the fines, the points, the insurance risk. What I haven't properly covered is the bit that actually hur
Van Maintenance Costs UK: What to Budget Per Vehicle Per Year
Ask most small firms what they budget for van maintenance and you'll get a shrug. They pay when something breaks, and it always breaks in the busiest week of the year. That's not a budget, that's hoping.
Vehicle Maintenance Tracking for Small Fleets: The Complete Guide
I'll say it straight: most small-fleet maintenance problems aren't mechanical. They're record-keeping problems. The van didn't fail to get its MOT because nobody cared. It happened because the date lived in one person's